The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.10° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.97° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.